Curtain-holder.



S. B. WALKER.

CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED unas, 1911.

Patented June 4, 1912.

IN VEN TOR Wl TNESSES:

A TTORNE Y 30 broken side view o noaaica.

SALLIE B. WALKER, F SOUTHv BEBKLEY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONEHALF TO lTHOMAS R. GOTH, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN-HOLDEB/i Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, SALLIE B. WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Curtain-Holders,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain holders, the object ofthe invention being to provide a holder of cheap and simple constructionby means of which'the cur-V tain can be swung from in front of theWindow when desired2 as, forl instance for the purpose of obtaining anunobstructed current of fresh air at night through an open bedroomwindow.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device which can'be readily transported and placed in position.

In Ithe accompanying drawing, Figure 1 f 1s a perspective view vof myimproved holder, shown as applied to a window, showing in dotted linesits position when swung from in front of the window; Fig. 2 is a brokenperspective view of the holder and the brackets therefor detached; Fig.3 is a broken longitudinal sectional view of the upper part of theholder; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the lower art thereof; Fig. 5 is afp the stem therefor.

Referring to the drawin 1 indicates a window frame, to the top owhich-brackets 3, 4, are attached by screws through holes5 in saidbrackets. A bracket 6 is similarly attached to a side of said framedirectly beneath the bracket 4. Each of said brackets 'comprises a lowerhorizontal member 7 and an upper oblique member 8, said horizontal glepiece bent so that the adjacent ends of said members are in closecontact with each other said members dlverglng from said adjacent endsand having flange portions 9.

adapted to rest against the window frame and having the holes 5aforesaid. The adjacent portions of the members 7, 8, of the brackets 4and v6 are formed with holes 10 alined vertically to form an elongatedbearing for the vertical 4member'll of an L- shaped curtain holder12,`said holder having a horizontal member 13 extending across thewindow frame to the other bracket 3,

' and its endl beinghadapted to rast in a seat said tube withoutbreaking or deforming the same, before bending the tube, I introduce acylindrical rod 16 of Bessemer steel.

The curtain is removed from in front of the window by raising the holder12 so as to free from the seat 14 the end of said holder which restsupon said seat, and then swinging the holder upon its vertical member asan axis. In order to conveniently so raise and swing said holder, Iprovide a stem 17, which may be of any convenient length, according tothe height of\the window or its height above the ground, and whichconsists of a strip of brass or other suitable s ring metal, which isbent double in the middle, as shown at 19, the two halves thereof beingformed each into a half cylinder, so that they together form a cylinder,the diameter of said cylinder being slightly less than the internaldiameter of the tube 12. Theend of said'stem is inserted in said tubeand the two halves of the stem are pressed together so as to permitsaid'stem to pass indentations 20 formed in the tube 12, whichindentations c'an register with similar indentations 21 formed in thetwo parts of the stem. 4llVhen said indentations so register, said twoparts of the stem spring apart and the stem is thereby secured in theholder.

To give a proper finish to the device, into the other end of the tube 12which rests in the seat 14 I preferably insert, a knob 22 formed in likemanner with the stem 17.

From the above description it will be seen that, by means of myinvention, I provide a light, strong curtain rod that may be swung outfrom the window by means of a readily removable extension and withouthandling the curtain itself; that said rod will retain its horizontalposition when said extension is removed; that said rod will extend in ahorizontal position without sagging at any point in the arc in which itis swung; and that said rod may be readily removed from its supportingbrackets without tools of any kind, when it is desired to clean orchange able bracket to support the rod.

I claim In combination with a frame, two brackets secured on one side ofsaid frame having apertures in vertical alinement, an

5 L-shaped tubular Curtain holder having a horizontal member extendingacross the frame and a vertical member passino through said apertures, ashort metal rod bent at right angles inside the tubular 10 holder :1tthe bend thereof, and a vertical stem .detaohably secured to the lowerend of said vertical member. i

In testimony whereof- I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SALLIE B. WALKER.

Witnesses GEO.' W. AUSTIN, -D. F. HARRIS.

